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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1979
Jurg Zehnder, Zurich, CH;
Erich Neumeier, Zurich, CH;
Swiss Aluminium Ltd., Chippis, CH;
Abstract
Very high demands are made on gondola cars which are emptied on rotating/tilting unloading devices. Such cars must provide long service lives even under these very rough conditions, and they should allow simple loading and unloading via a rotating/tilting device. In accordance with the instant disclosure, the high strength of the gondola car body is maintained in a simple manner in that the flooring sheets of the body are set into grooves in the longitudinal center sill, and into a groove in each inside of the lower side sills, and then welded to the said sills. Also the walls of the car may be set in different ways, as by setting them into a groove in the upper side of the lower side sills and into a groove in the lower side of the upper side sill, and then welded to the said side sills.